Contribution à l'écologie de quelques taxons du zooplancton de Côte d'Ivoire. 3 - Larves de décapodes et lucifer

Binet, D. (1976) Contribution à l'écologie de quelques taxons du zooplancton de Côte d'Ivoire. 3 - Larves de décapodes et lucifer. Documents Scientifiques, Centre de Recherches Océanographiques, Abidjan, 7(1), pp. 63-84.

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Abstract

The warm season is the abundance period of the planktonic larval stages of Decapod Crustacea and of Lucifer faxonii in Ivoirian waters. Two or three maxima occur each year during the enrichments interrupting the warm and oligotropic season: February (small upwellings), June - some years - (first rains) and September - November (flood of rivers, end of cold season). Vertical distribution follows seasonal variations and varies little among the taxons. In a general way, Decapod larvae and Lucifer inhabit superficial layers in cold season and sink down during the warm season. It allows them to follow the maximum of primary production. Lucifer faxonii is breeding almost the year long. Breeds succede at rate of 3,7 weeks approximately.

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